Dataset: Microbial cell counts derived from the formation fluids recovered from the CORKs installed at North Pond; collected on Maria S. Merian cruises MSM20-5 and MSM37 from 2012-2014 (North Pond Microbes project)

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.630288.1Version 1 (2015-12-29)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Peter Girguis (Harvard University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Brian Glazer (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Co-Principal Investigator: Julie Huber (Marine Biological Laboratory)

Contact: Beate Kraft (Harvard University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI)

Program: International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

Project: Collaborative Research: Characterization of Microbial Transformations in Basement Fluids, from Genes to Geochemical Cycling (North Pond Microbes)

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Microbial cell counts derived from the formation fluids recovered from the CORKs (Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kits) installed at the North Pond in 2012 and 2014 on MSM20-5 and MSM37. The North Pond is an isolated, northeast-trending, ~8 km × 15 km sediment pond located on the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) at 22°45' N and 46°05' W.

Details of these CORKS and their positions, construction and depth can be found in the Proceedings of the IODP expedition 336. See: http://publications.iodp.org/scientific_prospectus/336/336sp_6.htm

Access Restriction: Data are restricted through 2016. 

In addition to NSF OCE-1061934 (to Girguis), this dataset was funded by C-DEBI (OCE-0939564) sub-award number 41940192 granted to Beate Kraft.

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Girguis, P., Glazer, B., Huber, J. (2022) Microbial cell counts derived from the formation fluids recovered from the CORKs installed at North Pond; collected on Maria S. Merian cruises MSM20-5 and MSM37 from 2012-2014 (North Pond Microbes project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2015-12-29 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.630288.1 [access date]

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